David Horovitz
Times of Israel, Feb. 12, 2025
“ … it is clear that Trump’s admirable frustration with a deal under which hostages are “dribbling in” from Gaza three at a time, looking like “Holocaust survivors,” is a public rejection of the protracted phased framework that Netanyahu approved and conveyed to the Biden administration in May, and that Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff finally got rolling last month.”
At last Tuesday’s Oval Office briefing for the media, anticipating a fairly short session given that a full press conference was scheduled for later in the day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu initially appeared irritated that reporters were being given time to shout barrages of questions at him and his host, US President Donald Trump.
“I would think that’s about enough,” he said, early in what turned into a 14-minute Q and A. He next accused the Israeli reporters in the room of taking over the event, and then snapped, “I think that I should talk to President Trump, okay?”
Gradually, however, he realized that Trump was relishing the moment and, moreover, was talking about “permanently” removing the entire population of Gaza. If you look at the transcript, you’ll see that Trump dominated the rest of the proceedings, with Netanyahu contentedly taking a back seat….SOURCE